Connacht v Toulouse 11th January

I have two tickets for the Grant Thornton stand for the Toulouse game Saturday. I am located on the southside of Dublin City but I can meet in the city centre if necessary. Tickets are 40euro face value.

Hi Owenie80, I don't want your tickets, but I'm in Dun laoghaire and going down to the match on Saturday morning. If you want to get your tickets down to Galway to a purchaser or to friends and can get them to me in Dun laoghaire today Friday, I will bring them down to Galway for you and pass them on in Murthy Rabbits before the match to who ever you want. My mobile is 085 8436299. Also, you really should have posted this message under the 'Spare Tickets' thread. Might be worth reposting it there. Best of luck shifting the tickets, Dermot/Salty/Galway Rover.

Our former player (Ahki) taughts on returning:

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There's some positives to take out of that; we fronted up physically for the first time in weeks. Still didn't quite win the collisions battle but against such a huge team that's always going to be the case.

Dillane was brilliant in the first half, faded a bit in the second but can be pleased with his days work.

Carty was back at it, which was great to see.

Paddy mccallister showed up really well.

Scrum was excellent for 60 mins, not sure what happened in the last 20.

Lineout and maul were top drawer, particularly the maul which looked our best attacking option against a much bigger outfit.

Final thoughts: Leinster have the beating of those lads and Joe tekori is an absolutely enormous man!

Accidentally Onside wrote: Dillane was brilliant in the first half, faded a bit in the second but can be pleased with his days work.

Him going off injured at half time probably accounts for that! I agree though, he was our stand out player in the first 40.

My highlight of the game was Huget getting thick with the crowd having been binned. In the lead up to that moment, the Toulouse bench were loving it too - the panto reactions to the replays on the screen even got a thumbs up from one of their forwards!

Strange game overall, but I left feeling a little more positive about the rest of the season. We need a confidence boost from somewhere, and I think it's clear that we need to sign some bulk - when we get into opposition 22's, we struggle badly for physicality.

Bizarrely, maybe a win in the dead rubber at the weekend could be the boost we need going into the break?

RonanL wrote:

Accidentally Onside wrote: Dillane was brilliant in the first half, faded a bit in the second but can be pleased with his days work.

My highlight of the game was Huget getting thick with the crowd having been binned. In the lead up to that moment, the Toulouse bench were loving it too - the panto reactions to the replays on the screen even got a thumbs up from one of their forwards!

Huget is a thug, the sooner he leaves the game, the better.

RonanL wrote: Him going off injured at half time probably accounts for that! I agree though, he was our stand out player in the first 40.

Not being on the pitch is a serious impediment to performance alright
Knew one of our second rows had gone off but could have sworn it was Thornbury

I also enjoyed the Huget thing, I kind of like him, sort of like a vilian from a 1930s movie. Savage player when he fancies it too.